Magma EB7R-x8 - Manual (Page 11)

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Chapter 1 Introduction
General Specifications
The Magma 7 Slot PCI Express® to PCI Express® Expansion System
(Model EB7-x8) is a general-purpose bus expansion chassis for the
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) local bus. The
expansion chassis is fully compliant with the PCI Express Local Bus
Specification. This system consists of a PCI Express host card, a 3–
meter iPass cable, a rack-mount enclosure containing a 7 slot PCIe
expansion backplane, a power supply, and cooling fans. The EB7-x8
can be easily transformed into a host computer with 8 slots when a Root
Complex card is installed in place of the expansion interface card in the
chassis.
Item Description
ƒ Host Card: Low Profile PCI Express x8 (8 lane)
ƒ Backplane: 7 PCIe slots, 1 PCIe upstream or Root Complex
slot
ƒ Enclosure: 4U Black Rack-mount (All Steel)
ƒ
Dimensions: 19" W x 7" H x 17.7" D
ƒ Weight: 24 lb or 11.804 kg
ƒ Standard Cable Length: 3-meter iPass cable
ƒ PCI Express Bus Specification Revision 1.1
ƒ PCI Local Bus Specification: Revision 2.3
ƒ
PCI Bridge Architecture Spec: Revision 1.2
ƒ Interconnect Bandwidth: 4000 MB/sec or 4 GB/sec or 40 Gbps
ƒ Cooling: One 85.2 CFM fan
One fan in power supply
ƒ Power Supply: Model EB7-x8 includes an auto-switching 500W
supply
ƒ MTBF: 53,000 hours
ƒ Operating Environment: 0º to 50º C Operating Temperature
-20º to 60º C Storage Temperature
5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing
ƒ Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/Server 2003/Vista
Mac OS X version 10.4.x +
Red Hat Linux 9, Linux Kernel 2.6+
Solaris and Open Solaris 2008.05
ƒ Warranty: 1 Year Return to Factory
ƒ Available Options: ƒ 7-meter cable (PN: SUBCBL7IP)
ƒ Disk Drive Cage for up to seven 3.5”
internal disk drives (PN: RDRIVECAGE)
ƒ PCIe card hold down kit (PN: RCHD7)
ƒ Rack-mount slide kit (PN: RSLIDES-XX)